Charlize Theron was born an only child in Benoni, South Africa on August 7, 1975. She grew up near Johannesburg on her parent's farm, and began attending The National School of the Arts at age 13. After winning a local modeling competition she traveled to Milan, Italy on a one year modeling contract. This took her to New York City where she enrolled in the Joffrey Ballet School, but a knee-injury forced her to cut her dance career short. Charlize was discovered by her first manager at a bank, when she was yelling at a teller for refusing to cash a check. This got her noticed by other talent agents, and within 8 months she had a non-speaking role in "Children of the Corn". In the late 90s she landed more noted roles in films such as "The Cider House Rules" and "Mighty Joe Young". It was in 2003, when Charlize was cast in the film "Monster" that she won The Academy Award, as well as a Golden Globe and SAG Award. She earned her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005. Charlize is an active advocate for PETA and women's rights, as well as a large supporter of gay marriage. She dated fellow actor Stuart Townsend from 2001-2009. Charlize Theron has an estimated networth of $30 Million.

Charlize Theron (General American English pronunciation: /??r'li:s '??r?n/; Afrikaans pronunciation: [??r'lis tron]; born 7 August 1975) is a South African actress and fashion model. She started her acting career in the United States and rose to fame in the late 1990s following roles in The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999). Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003), becoming the first African to win an Academy Award in a major acting category. She received another Academy Award nomination for her performance in North Country (2005). Theron became a US citizen in 2007, while retaining her South African citizenship.Theron was born in Benoni, in the then Transvaal Province of South Africa, the only child of Gerda (nee Maritz; who has also called herself Gerta) and Charles Theron (born 27 November 1947).Second Boer War figure Danie Theron was her great-great-uncle. Her ancestry includes French, German, and Dutch; her French forebears were early Huguenot settlers in South Africa. "Theron" is an Occitan surname (originally spelled Theron) pronounced in Afrikaans as [tron], although she has said that the way she pronounces it in South Africa is [?ron]. She changed the pronunciation when she moved to the U.S. to give it a more "American" sound.She grew up on her parents' farm in Benoni, near Johannesburg. Her father died on 21 June 1991, after he was shot by Theron's mother. Theron's father, an alcoholic, physically attacked her mother and threatened both women while drunk. The shooting was legally adjudged to have been self-defense and her mother faced no charges.Theron attended Putfontein Primary School (Laerskool Putfontein), a period she later characterised as not "fitting in". At 13, Theron was sent to boarding school and began her studies at the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg. Although Theron became fluent in English (whic

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